Friday, May 13, 2011

River Otters

These four Otters entertained me for about fifteen munites last Tuesday.  Click on the pictures to enlarge.







Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Around the yards


Rat with a bushy tail
Taken in the last couple of days in my parents backyard and my front yard.


Goldfinches


House Finches

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Acorn Woodpeckers fighting for dominance

I had an amazing experience this morning. I went out Yolo CR 29 along Chickahominy Slough. I was at the end of CR 29 Taking scenery pictures, and then behind me all a sudden there was quite a racket.


I turned around and saw at least a dozen and probably more than two dozen male Acorn Woodpeckers attacking each other in the big oak tree.  I started taking pictures. A pickup came down road and U-turned right under the tree; it didn’t bother the birds so I moved closer. The mailman came and delivered to the mail box under the tree and it didn’t faze the birds, so I moved right under the tree. They were so interested in each other; they paid no attention to me. The ‘fight’ went on for 37 minutes from when they started making noise until it was quiet. I took 281 pictures.

Here is some information on what I saw from Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA jmorlan (at) ccsf.edu http://www.hastingsreserve.org/Resident%20Web%20Pages/Koenig%20Web%20Pages/AWIntroPoster/AWposter.html

I’m not much for video, but this was one case I wish I had a video camera.

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Acorn Woodpeckers

Taken along Chickahominy Slough north of Winters, CA.





Thursday, March 3, 2011

Sandhill Cranes

Dad, my brother Richard and I went to the delta west of Lodi CA to photograph Sandhill Cranes Monday.  We found thousands...  Enjoy

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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Today

A one legged Great Egret


American Bittern


Pied-Billed Grebe

Mustard

Great-Horned Owl


Ringed-Neck Pheasant